From non-job to key job - Why there's so much at stake in the election for Rayner's replacement.

From non-job to key job - Why there's so much at stake in the election for Rayner's replacement.

Labour's deputy role was once thought of as a nothing job, but it's now become a key position - and will be fiercely fought over.

From Non-job To Key Job - Why There's So Much At Stake In The Election For Rayner's Replacement - Great Yorkshire Radio

The contest, whenever it happens, could potentially be the most divisive since the bitter left-right split when Tony Benn challenged the incumbent, Denis Healey, in 1981. It was the year of the launch of the breakaway SDP by the “Gang of Four” – Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers – and defections by several more Labour MPs. There was speculation that if Benn had won – then in his hard-left phase before he became a nationa…